Hell I work in the bike industry and have never owned a carbon bike... I confess that's changing, like today, BUT still. I climb as fast as anyone else. Ride the same shit as everyone else, and probably have as much fun as anyone else on my same old bike that I've ridden for 3 years. I kept it because I loved it and it felt good. My car - the only car I've ever owned my entire life- has 203,000 miles on it. It's a 2005 Subaru Impreza. I love it. Would I love a new car? Sure, but do I love my current, beat-to-shit Subee? Youbetcha. It's all consumerism in the end. We just pick our battles.
Nov. 8, 2017, 9:23 a.m. - Lacy Kemp
Hell I work in the bike industry and have never owned a carbon bike... I confess that's changing, like today, BUT still. I climb as fast as anyone else. Ride the same shit as everyone else, and probably have as much fun as anyone else on my same old bike that I've ridden for 3 years. I kept it because I loved it and it felt good. My car - the only car I've ever owned my entire life- has 203,000 miles on it. It's a 2005 Subaru Impreza. I love it. Would I love a new car? Sure, but do I love my current, beat-to-shit Subee? Youbetcha. It's all consumerism in the end. We just pick our battles.